71 (then 72 and 73) in anticipation of Greg Sheehan's birthday скачать в хорошем качестве

71 (then 72 and 73) in anticipation of Greg Sheehan's birthday

I'm posting this just before Greg's 72nd birthday, (May the 4th), so that the lyrics make sense! When the fabulous musician, teacher and rhythm number nerd, Greg Sheehan https://gregsheehan.com.au turned 71 on May 4th, 2024, there was much chat about what would be the most fun way to divide up 71 as a groove. Laura Targett (with Greg) wrote a fab tune using Linsey Pollak's suggested 9-9-4 9-9-4 9-9-9 grouping, which I then had fun wedging 48 across (   / 1200277617782610   ). I'd suggested grouping 71 as 2 7 7 7 2 7 7 7 2 7 7 7 2, due to its lovely symmetry, and I was determined to write a tune using it that normal people (i.e. non music geeks) could play... and I did! http://malwebb.com/71v.mp3 . I wrote lyrics to it and we ended up playing it with the public orchestra (the Walkestra) at Woodford Festival    • Greg Sheehan's 71 @ Woodford Folk Fest via...   and then with the People's Orchestra at Cygnet Folk Festival. The chant of "71" at the end to tie it together was something I pinched from Laura's tune... noice! But me being me, I just had to give it the Malleable PolyPolyRhythm treatment. The complete explanation (and diagram) is at https://malwebb.com/mppr.html#71 , but in short, it uses combinations of two common polyrhythms, 2 across 3 and 3 across 4, subtly mashed together to make 49 across 71. And it doesn't need to be mushed much to make many of the accents line up. Now, with 49 being 7 x 7, I walked up the 7 notes of the major scale from the 4 chord, as F G F/A G/B C Dm E7 (so they fit the minor version of the tune) and then on the second lap, I went chromatically back to the 1 chord, as F D/F# G E/G# Am Bb B, which serendipitously didn't clash with the tune. Then, knowing that Greg would eventually turn 72, I rewrote the lyrics and made that version in 72, by just adding a beat to the end. But as 72 is divisible by 8 and 3, I put those grooves against it. BUT then added another beat at the end of it all, by means of a "cha cha cha", to make it 73... so we're all set for next year! Happy birthday, Greg! P.S. The fact that this arrangement ended up by 71 seconds was purely a fluke... woo hoo! Oh, and here's more about the way I count out the numbers: https://malwebb.com/numbers.html#rhythm